Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo)
Author
Wong, Sin Yeng
Author
Joling, Jyloerica
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Check List
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.931
journal article
10.15560/17.3.931
1809-127X
Homalomena simunii
Kartini, P.C.Boyce, &
S.Y.Wong
Material
examined.
MALAYSIA
–
Pedalaman
•
Pensiangan
,
Sapulut Forest Reserve
Gunung Maliat
;
04° 23′00″N
,
116°57′00″E
;
1437 m
elev.;
21 November 2006
; Sugau et al.
SAN 149526
(
SAN
)
–
Sandakan
•
Kinabatangan
,
Imbak Canyon Conservation Area
;
05°01′34″ N
,
117°02′09″E
;
389 m
elev.;
1 December 2010
;
Suzana, S.
,
Ubaldus, M.
et al.
SAN 152707
(
SAN
)
–
Tawau
•
Kalabakan
,
Gunung Rara
, PSP 1, about
1 km
from base camp;
04°58′26″N
,
117°08′57″E
;
214 m
elev.;
11 March 2015
; Suzana et al.
SAN 156999
(
KEP
,
SAN
)
.
Identification.
Homalomena simunii
differs from all
other species in the genus by the semi-horizontal inflo- rescences, lax pistils, naked interstice between the staminate and pistillate flower zones and by being restricted to basalt (
Kartini et al. 2015a
).
Distribution and ecology.
Endemic to
Sabah
.
Homalomena
simunii
occurs in lowland to lower hill evergreen perhumid forest on basalts at elevations between 200 and
390 m
.